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black snakeroot

American  

noun

  1. a tall bugbane, Cimicifuga racemosa, of the buttercup family, of eastern North America, having thin, tapering, toothed or deeply cut leaflets and branched clusters of small, white flowers.

Etymology

Origin of black snakeroot

An Americanism dating back to 1690–1700

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Sometimes folks got black snakeroot from the woods, biled it, and gave the tea to sick folks; that was to clean off the stomach.

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